Collar-supporter.



J. H. & I. TAYLOR.

COLLAR SUPPORTER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 3, 1012.

Patented Oct. 8, 1912;

FIG 1- WITNESSES A TTORNE Y JAMES H. TAYLOR AND IZORA TAYLOR, 0FPHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

COLLAR-SUPPORTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 8, 1912.

Application filed January 3, 1912. Serial No. 669,191.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, JAMES H. TAYLOR andIZORA TAYLOR, citizens of the United States, residing at Philadelphia,in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Collar-Supporters, of which thefollowing is a specification.

Our invention has reference to improvements in supporters for collars,as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating our invention, Figure 1 is aView of our invention applied to a lace collar, a portion of the collarand the garment to which it is attached being shown. Fig. 2 is a view ofanother embodiment of our invention. Fig. 3 is an elevation of the same.

It is one of the objects of our invention to provide a collar supporterthat may be readily attached and removed from a collar without marringthe appearance thereof, either by its attachment and detachment, or byits appearance when in use, and which, when in position and being worn,possesses the desired flexibility, so as to conform to the naturalpositions of the wearer. Combined with the above, of course, is theability of the device to give to the collar the necessary tension in anupright direction, so as to stretch it, as it were, and hold it againstthe throat or neck in the desired position, but to allow, without undueresistance, the natural movements of the head and neck by reason of itslateral and longitudinal flexibility.

The supporter is indicated as a whole by 1, and comprises as essentialmeans the fastening devices 2, at each end thereof, connected by asupporting member indicated as a whole by 3.

It is obvious that various materials may be employed, but, for thepurpose of illustration, we will, in the following description, takeflexible wire as an example. As a preferred form, the form which we haveshown in the drawings, the entire supporter is constructed of one pieceof wire suitably bent to form the end or engaging members 2, and thecentral or supporting member 3. For instance, in Fig. 1, the engagingmembers 2, are in the form of what might be termed safety pins, and thesupporting member 3, in the form of a plurality, in the instanceillustrated three, of spring loops 4, all made of the single piece ofwire referred to. The end or point or pin proper 8, of the safety pin orengaging member 2 extends inwardly and is so arranged with relation tothe outer spring loop 4, that the latter serves as the clasp for the pinas shown. The three spring loops 4, as before referred to, afford thenecessary resiliency and flexibility both lateral and longitudinal,combined, of course, with the flexibility of the wire or other material5, by which they are joined, it being understood that the number of saidspring loops 4, may be increased or decreased. The outer end portions orloops of the engaging members 2 are formed at their extremities withwhat may be termed outwardly facing sockets, somewhat the equivalent ofbooks, so as to engage and hold the fabric of the collar, lace orotherwise, and to prevent displacement. These sockets or hooks areindicated by 6, and consist of a return bend in the end portion of thesafety pin or engaging member proper.

In F 2 and 3 the construction differs from that shown in Fig. l, in thatthere is only one spring loop 4 about midway between the engagingmember, while in place of the outer spring loops 4, shown in Fig. 1,there are two clasps 7, by means of which the end of the pins are lockedand which also afl'ords resilient means.

The pins are unclasped when the supporter is to be attached to thecollar to permit their. insertion into the fabric, and in connectionwith a lace collar, for instance, a selected strand near the top andbottom is engaged with the sockets or return bends in such a positionand relation that the supporter holds the collar under upright tension.that is to say that the supporter exerts a tension longitudinally andstretches the collar in an upright direction to hold it in the desiredposition around the throat or neck, while, at the same time, theflexibility of the material of which the supporter is made, combinedwith its configuration forming the spring loop or loops and resilientcomponents allows the supporter to adapt itself to the various positionsof the wearer without undue pressure.

What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

A supporter of the kind specified, comprising a resilient subportin gmember, set our hands this 5th day of December, safety pins at the outerends of said sup- A. D. 1911.

porting member, said safety pins having in JAMES H. TAYLOR. wardlyextending points and being provided IZORA TAYLOR. 5 at their extremitiesWith outwardly facing Witnesses:

sockets. EMILIE W. TRUMP, In testimony whereof We have hereunto W'M. J.GRAHAM.

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